Shamsur Rahman Sherif
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1941–2020)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shamsur Rahaman Sherif
| native_name = শামসুর রহমান শরীফ
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = Minister of Land
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| term_start = 14 January 2014
| term_end = 6 January 2019
| predecessor = Rezaul Karim Hira
| successor = Saifuzzaman Chowdhury
| constituency_MP1 = Pabna-4
| termstart1 = 12 June 1996
| termend1 = 2 April 2020
| predecessor1 = Sirajul Islam Sarder
| successor1 = Nuruzzaman Biswas
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|03|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|04|02|1941|03|12|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
}}
Shamsur Rahman Sherif (12 March 1941 – 2 April 2020){{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/shamsur-rahman-sherif-mp-from-pabna-4-and-former-land-minister-dies-at-79 |title=Shamsur Rahman Sherif, MP from Pabna-4 and former land minister, dies at 79 |work=bdnews24.com |date=2 April 2020}} was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as minister of land.{{cite news |title=Ministers Qamrul, Mozammel in Cabinet meeting after Supreme Court verdict |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/09/05/ministers-qamrul-mozammel-in-cabinet-meeting-after-supreme-court-verdict |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=14 September 2016}} He was a 5-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pabna-4 constituency.{{Cite web|url=http://www.minland.gov.bd/site/office_head/f4b8c229-07b7-4b70-8e34-8d34fcdd3f88/nolink/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80 |script-title=bn:মাননীয়মন্ত্রী |website=Ministry Of Land-Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |language=en|access-date=2017-12-14}}
Early life
Sherif was born on 12 March 1941 in Char Shanirdiar, Pabna Sadar Upazila, Pabna District, East Bengal, British Raj.{{Cite news |last=Sarker |first=Rasel |title=In memory of those who died in 2020 |url=https://bdnews24.com/people/in-memory-of-those-who-died-in-2020 |access-date=2023-02-13 |work=bdnews24.com |date=2020-12-31 |language=en}} He completed his B.S. degree from Govt. Edward College, Pabna.
Career
Sherif was elected to parliament in the general election of June 1996 as a candidate of the Awami League from Pabna-4.{{Cite web |date=2008-12-28 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |url=http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=71 |access-date=2023-02-13 |archive-date=2008-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234920/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=71 |url-status=bot: unknown }} He received 66,424 votes while his closest rival, Sirajul Islam Sarder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 55,944 votes.
Sherif was re-elected in the general election in 2001 as a candidate of Awami League from Pabna-4. He received 85,311 votes while his nearest rival, Sirajul Islam Sarder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 65,721 votes.
Sherif was re-elected in the general election of 2008 as a candidate of Awami League from Pabna-4.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-18 |title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online |url=http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=71&Year=2008 |access-date=2023-02-13 |archive-date=2018-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031818/http://amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=71&Year=2008 |url-status=dead }} He received 147,334 votes while his nearest rival, Sirajul Islam Sarder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 104,901 votes.
Sherif was re-elected unopposed in the 2014 general election from Pabna-4 after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Taib |date=15 December 2013 |title=AL closer to majority before voting |work=New Age |url=http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |url-status=dead |access-date=13 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025402/http://archive.newagebd.net/260342/al-closer-to-majority-before-voting/ |archive-date=16 February 2018}} He was a member of the Pabna District Awami League and was appointed minister of land.{{Cite news |title=AL to reshape villages if voted to power: PM |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/AL-to-reshape-villages-if-voted-to-power-PM |access-date=2023-02-13 |work=Prothom Alo |date=18 July 2018 |language=en}}
Sherif's son, Shirhan Sharif Tomal, was arrested for attacking journalists in Pabna in December 2017. He was the president of Ishwardi upazila Jubo League but was expelled after the incident. He also has a case against him for attacking and robbing the home of a "freedom fighter" (veteran of Bangladesh Liberation war).{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/attack-journos-jubo-league-expels-land-ministers-son-1505242|title=Attack on Journos: Jubo League expels land minister's son|date=2017-12-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-12-14|language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Land Minister's son expelled from Jubo League |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/128107 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2017-12-14 |archive-date=2017-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215120246/http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/128107 |url-status=dead }}
In April 2018, Sherif's personal officer, Kutubuddin Ahmed, was arrested for grabbing a land near Gulshan-Baridhara by the Anti-Corruption Commission.{{Cite news |title=ACC arrests land minister's personal officer for 'defrauding' RAJUK land in Gulshan |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/acc-arrests-land-ministers-personal-secretary-over-graft-case |access-date=2023-02-13 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}
Sherif was re-elected in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election as a candidate of Awami League from Pabna-4.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-25 |title=Pabna-4 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Pabna-4&d=rajshahi |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}} He received 249,558 votes while his nearest rival, Md Habibur Rahman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, 48,822. He lost his minister of land position in the newly formed cabinet.{{Cite news |last=Bashar |first=Reazul |title=Seniors make way for the newcomers in Hasina's cabinet |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/seniors-make-way-for-the-newcomers-in-hasinas-cabinet |access-date=2023-02-13 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}
Death
Sherif died on 2 April 2020. After his death, his constituency Pabna-4 became vacant and Nuruzzaman Biswas was elected in a by-election.{{Cite news |date=2020-08-30 |title=Nuruzzaman Biswas gets AL nomination for Pabna 4 by-polls |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2020/08/30/nuruzzaman-biswas-gets-al-nomination-for-pabna-4-by-polls |access-date=2023-02-13 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
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